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Reports outline clinical trial research from University of Defence, Faculty of Military Health Sciences

Published in Vaccine Weekly, May 26th, 2010

Fresh data on clinical trial research are presented in the report 'Effect of prophylactic paracetamol administration at time of vaccination on febrile reactions and antibody responses in children: two open-label, randomised controlled trials.' According to recent research published in the journal The Lancet, "Although fever is part of the normal inflammatory process after immunisation, prophylactic antipyretic drugs are sometimes recommended to allay concerns of high fever and febrile convulsion. We assessed the effect of prophylactic administration of paracetamol at vaccination on infant febrile reaction rates and vaccine responses."

"In two consecutive (primary...

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